Publications

Mercier, H. & Claidière, N. (2022). Does discussion make crowds any wiser? Cognition, 22, 104912. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104912

Mercier, H., Yesilaltay , S. & Hacquin, A. (2022). Why do so few people share fake news? It hurts their reputation. , 24(6), 1303-1324. doi:10.1177/1461444820969893

Morin, O., Müller, T., Morisseau, T. & Winters, J. (2022). Cultural Evolution of Precise and Agreed-Upon Semantic Conventions in a Multiplayer Gaming App. Cognitive Science, 46(2), e13113. doi:10.1111/cogs.13113

Marno, H. , Völter, C. , Tinklenberg, B. , Sperber, D. & Call , J. (2022). Learning from communication versus observation in great apes. Scientific Reports volume, 12, 2917. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07053-2

Grandin, A. , Guillou, L., Abdel Sater, R., Foucault, M. & Chevallier, C. (2022). Socioeconomic status, time preferences and pro-environmentalism. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 79, 101720. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101720

Dubourg, E. & Baumard, N. (2022). Imaginary worlds through the evolutionary lens: Ultimate functions, proximate mechanisms, cultural distribution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45(E309). doi:10.1017/S0140525X22000048

Boon-Falleur, M., Dormont, B. & Chevallier, C. (2022). Does higher perceived risk of morbidity and mortality decrease risk-taking? R. Soc. Open Sci., 9(220486). doi:10.1098/rsos.220486

Dubourg, E. & Baumard, N. (2023). Do Fictions Impact People's Beliefs? A Critical View. The Routledge Handbook of Fiction and Belief (Routledge ed., pp. 18).

Mus, M., Mercier, H. & Chevallier, C. (2023). Designing an acceptable and fair carbon tax: The role of mental accounting. Plos Climate, 2(10), e0000227. doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000227

Farrell, H. , Mercier, H. & Schwartzberg, M. (2023). Analytical Democratic Theory: A Microfoundational Approach. American Political Science Review, 117(2), 767-772. doi:10.1017/S0003055422000715

Mckay, R. & Mercier, H. (2023). Delusions as Epistemic Hypervigilance. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(2), 125-130. doi:10.1177/09637214221128320

Morin, O. (2023). The puzzle of ideography. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46(e233). doi:10.1017/S0140525X22002801

Youngblood, M., M. Stubbersfield, J. , Glassman, R. , Morin, O. & Acerbi , A. (2023). Negativity bias in the spread of voter fraud conspiracy theory tweets during the 2020 US election. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(573). doi:10.1057/s41599-023-02106-x

Youngblood, M., Miton, H. & Morin, O. (2023). Statistical signals of copying are robust to time- and space-averaging. , 5(e10). doi:10.1017/ehs.2023.5

A Johnson, E. , Hardill, I. , Johnson, M. & Nettle, D. (2023). Breaking the Overton Window: on the need for adversarial co-production. Evidence & Policy, 20(3), 393-405. doi:10.1332/17442648Y2023D000000005

Frankenhuis, W. , Borsboom, D. , Nettle, D. & Roisman, G. (2023). Formalizing theories of child development: Introduction to the special section. Child Development, 94(6), 1425-1431. doi:10.1111/cdev.14020

A Johnson, E. , Webster, H., Morrison, J., Thorold, R. , Mathers, A., Nettle, D. & (Et Al), . (2023). What role do young people believe Universal Basic Income can play in supporting their mental health? Journal of Youth Studies, 1-20. doi:10.1080/13676261.2023.2256236

T. Ross, C. , Nettle, D. & (Et Al), . (2023). Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals. PNAS, 120(22), e2220124120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2220124120

Neal, C. , Pepper, G. , Allen, C. & Nettle, D. (2023). No effect of hunger on attentional capture by food cues: Two replication studies. Appetite, 191(107065). doi:0.1016/j.appet.2023.107065

Nettle, D., Panchanathan, K. & Frankenhuis, W. (2023). Biology, Society, or Choice: How Do Non-Experts Interpret Explanations of Behaviour? Open Mind, 7, 625-651. doi:10.1162/opmi_a_00098

Radkani, S., Holton, E. , De Courson, B., Saxe, R. & Nettle, D. (2023). Desperation and inequality increase stealing: evidence from experimental microsocieties. Royal Society Open Science, 10(221385). doi:10.1098/rsos.221385

De Courson, B., Frankenhuis, W. , Nettle, D. & van Gelder, J. (2023). Why is violence high and persistent in deprived communities? A formal model. , Vol. 290: In . doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.2095

Sijilmassi, A. , Safra, L. & Baumard, N. (2024). Cultural technologies for peace may have shaped our social cognition. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 47, e28. doi:10.1017/S0140525X23002637

Sijilmassi, A. , Safra, L. & Baumard, N. (2024). 'Our Roots Run Deep': Historical Myths as Culturally Evolved Technologies for Coalitional Recruitment. The Behavioral and brain sciences, ., 1-44. doi:10.1017/S0140525X24000013

Dubourg, E. & Baumard, N. (2024). Does curiosity adaptively vary with ecological contexts? A correlational study with socioeconomic status. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. doi:10.1037/ebs0000355

Fitouchi, L., Andre, J. & Baumard, N. (2024). Are There Really So Many Moral Emotions? Carving Morality at Its Functional Joints. In Laith Al-Shawaf, and Todd K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Evolution and the Emotions . doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197544754.013.35

Dubourg, E., Thouzeau, V. & Baumard, N. (2024). The psychological origins of science fiction. Poetics, 102(101862). doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2024.101862

Sijilmassi, A. , Safra, L. & Baumard, N. (2024). ‘Our Roots Run Deep’: Historical Myths as Culturally Evolved Technologies for Coalitional Recruitment. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1-44. doi:10.1017/S0140525X24000013

Bouton, S., Chevallier, C., Hallimat Cissé, A., Heude, B. & Jacquet, P. (2024). Metabolic trade-offs in childhood: Exploring the relationship between language development and body growth. Developmental science, 27(4), e13493. doi:10.1111/desc.13493

Nettle, D., Chevallier, C., De Courson, B., A Johnson, E. , T Johnson, M. & E Pickett, K. (2024). Short-term changes in financial situation have immediate mental health consequences: implications for social policy. Social Policy & Administration, . doi:10.1111/spol.13065